Delta State Governor says welfare of teachers and sundry obligations will continue to occupy centre stage in his administration

  

    The Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that the welfare of teachers, including payment of salaries and sundry obligations, will continue to occupy centre stage in his administration, in spite of the limited resources and current recession coupled with the huge workforce in the state.

   Governor Okowa, who disclosed this at the 6th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in Asaba, said that workers in Delta State, including teachers, get their salaries promptly, while promotion of teachers would continue to receive the priority attention of the government.
  The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chiedu Ebie, noted that the theme of the Conference; Improved Welfare Of Teachers, An Imperative for National Development’ is apt, as teachers, no doubt, remain the primary drivers of national development.

  He commended NUT for partnering the government in moving the education sector forward.